Lending an ear to noise problems
Published Date:
16 May 2008
RESIDENTS bothered by noise across Castle Morpeth are being encouraged to put their questions to a team of noisebusters.
Castle Morpeth Borough Council's noise team, featuring the Noisebusters, will be in Morpeth on Tuesday, May 20, and in Ponteland on Thursday May 22 to help answer questions on noise and take any complaints.
They will have power packs allowing them to show noise levels on their teeshirts.
National research shows that half the population say noise affects their quality of life and in 2007 around a million people said they had moved home because of noisy neighbours. Meanwhile, 70 percent of people are bothered by noise in their neighbourhood.
The Borough Council has previously highlighted the problems that can be caused by sounding alarms, neighbour noise, construction noise and barking dogs and it is working in partnership with Northumbria Police and Castle Morpeth Housing to raise awareness of the issue.
The full article contains 156 words and appears in Morpeth Herald newspaper.
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Last Updated:
15 May 2008 12:31 PM
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Source:
Morpeth Herald
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Location:
Morpeth
